Figurative Language in The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

Read the quote from The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind.

"I was being swallowed by this enormous, terrifying mob and I was helpless against it" (86).

What type of figurative language is in the quote?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the quote from The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind.

"The crowd had carried me forward like a cyclone" (86).

What type of figurative language is in the quote?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the quote from The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind.

"A few boys from the end of the line then raced toward the front, squirming into the crowd like mice under a door" (85).

What type of figurative language is in the quote?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Read the quote from The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind.

"That same night, I sat in my room with the lantern while the hunger played games with my mind" (131).

What type of figurative language is in the quote?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the quote from The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind.

"Even my father, once a giant man, shriveled like a raisin" (131).

What type of figurative language is in the quote?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Read the quote from The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind.

"On the map, the land was green and the lake appeared like a blue jewel" (110).

What type of figurative language is in the quote?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Read the quote from The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind.

"I could fly like a leopard. My legs were rocket launchers" (29).

Which two types of figurative language are in the quote?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Explain the actual meaning of the figurative language "On the map, the land was green and the lake appeared like a blue jewel" (110).

What does it mean when it says the lake appeared like a blue jewel?

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Explain the actual meaning of the figurative language "Even my father, once a giant man, shriveled like a raisin" (131).

What does it mean when it says the giant man was shriveled like a raisin?

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Explain the actual meaning of the figurative language "I was being swallowed by this enormous, terrifying mob and I was helpless against it" (86).

What does it mean when it says he was swallowed by an enormous mob?

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4